Attack, The
Platform: TI-99/4A
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Action - Sci-Fi
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1981
Developer: Milton Bradley Co.
Publisher: Texas Instruments
Players: 1
Programmer: Tom Pettingill
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Originally called "Alien Attack," this game pits the player against alien "spores." Although the spores themselves are harmless, they can join together to form giant aliens that chase you down and eat you. To make matters more interesting, scattered around the playing field are a number of "incubators," which can hatch either more spores or, at later levels (or in early levels, in more advanced difficulty levels), more aliens. Use your ship's weapons to blast the spores before they can make new aliens, and blast any aliens before they can devour you.

Trivia:

This game started out at Milton Bradley as ALIEN ®, and was to be based on the 1979 movie by the same name (could this be the first video game/movie tie-in?). However, the name was later changed to The Attack when TI took over Milton Bradley's MB-1 Game System. Most likely, the name change occured to avoid licencing fees. The only known ALIEN ® prototype is in the posession of former MB employee Anthony Cote.

A prototype version of the game exists with different theme music and some slight variations in gameplay. A complete review of this prototype can be found by clicking on the link to the left. Be sure to check it out since The Attack was one of the more popular TI-99/4A video games and it's always interesting to read up on the lost history of this Milton Bradley classic.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/ti-994a/attack_
